[General Questions and Answers] fallsalot:
Hi All,

Recently suffering a near Bricked unit--after rooting and messing about, I must share a procedure to both recover the believed brick, and both root and make a bit more of this mere reader unit.

Many thanks to those of You Who Have Served code, I salute You! Thanks!

Many thanks to those of You Who Have Implemented Served Code, intrepid explorers into tiny worlds unknown, or known less, save for the bitter pill of suffered faults and need to "do over," I salute You and the tales You've shared on fora I am unable to--yet--participate... and so, my tale, here...

Please read these procedures FIRST, then follow them.

IF, you must "do over":

A-While powering on the NST, hold both left and right lower page-advance buttons for 20 seconds. You might get a "Reset" screen, but what you are seeking is the "Recover" screen. If you originally had a f/w 1.0.0, or 1.0.1 purchased device, to proceed with this procedure, get the f/w 1.1.0 from B&N and follow instructions here.

IMPORTANT: Set up your B&N account with your Google Account email, and create associated Google accounts with this same email...

1. Create a google.com account, including email, maps, calendar and YouTube.

2. DO NOT Login to market.android.com before attempting connection with your Nook: the "device" must make first contact.

3. Create a B&N account at their website with your Google account email addr.

4. Yes, it seems overkill, but I first followed this touchnooter procedure

WAIT... do not set the default launcher to ADW, it will break the B&N apps!

Yes, after reboots, you must select the launcher every time, but a small price for keeping both the B&N and "Rooted Forever" experiences equally functioning!

BE SURE TO REFORMAT YOUR miniSD CARD before continuing.

5. Follow the SalsichaNooter procedure...

EXCEPTION: you DO NOT need login to YouTube because the previous data/config will not be wiped during this second rooting expedition.

AGAIN... do not set the default launcher, see above.

6. Go to opera.com with your computer and d/l the Opera Mini android apk, then transfer this to your NST. Install, and remove the "mobile" version.

7. With your computer's browser, visit market.andriod.com and find "searchmarket.apk"... when you select install, it will "find" your nook and install it... brill!

8. Reboot the NST.

9. Using SearchMarket, install CalendarPad (b/c you want a widget that can *use* your Google Calendar--I installed the Pro version b/c I had thought it would help... not really needed. Install Synker. Run the Market app (which will show nothing in apps, until you run Synker), then select "Downloads"... you will see an "Updates" tab; select this and it will update ES File Manager with a functional root access...

So, now I have an NST with email, web, calendar (Maps is interesting, but not that useful, yet) and no issues with B&N Shop, nor connecting to WiFi spots... and all Calendar events and tasks sync both up and down...

...BECAUSE I did not select a default launcher, set up all Google services before rooting, and installed Synker *after* all other apps, so accounts would be pre-established.

Final note: I previously attempted an ADB connection over USB, and (I think now, mistakenly) ran `adb usb' which foobard my WiFi... fyi, I suspect the state is preserved, even over reboots.

hth, Be Good,

/falls